Rockwall County
Rockwall, Texas Roofing & Property Protection
Know your roof before you sign anything. The Roof Shepherd brings documentation-first inspection, storm damage documentation, and property guidance to Rockwall homeowners.
Updated November 1, 2026
Read This First
The short version
- Rockwall, in Rockwall County, is about 202 miles and 3 hours 39 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
- Hail 1.75 inches or larger was reported 38 times near Rockwall from 2000 to 2026, 61st of the 207 cities on this site.
- 2016 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 9 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 5.25 inches on April 11.
- The median home in Rockwall was built in 2003, and 24 percent of homes here were built before 1990.
- Two of its three nearest neighbors had more large hail.
To book a documented inspection in Rockwall, call or text 512-575-5052 or send the Get Help form.
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Rockwall At A Glance
What homeowners in Rockwall should know
How Rockwall ranks for large hail and home age, and who sets permit rules here.
Rockwall, in Rockwall County, is about 202 miles and 3 hours 39 minutes by road from our Round Rock base. Roofing permit rules are set locally, and Texas has no statewide roofing license, so we confirm the rules for your address before work starts.
Hail Alley
Rockwall sits in North Texas, which records the most hailstorms in Texas in a typical year. The state logged 1,582 NOAA hail reports in 2024. A written record after a storm protects your position before any repair decision. Rockwall is the Rockwall County seat east of Dallas near Lake Ray Hubbard, a fast-growing community in North Texas hail country.
Hail & Storm Exposure
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 38 times within ten miles of Rockwall from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 61st of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 50th of 85 in the Dallas and Fort Worth corridor.
The Homes Here
The median home in Rockwall was built in 2003, and 24 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 78 percent have older homes than Rockwall.
Common Roofing Issues
Repeated large hail leaves bruised shingles, lost granules and dented vents and flashing. A documented inspection records those before the next storm makes them worse.
Rockwall Snapshot
Weather history & local facts
Recorded hail and wind around Rockwall in Rockwall County, set beside a few facts about the town.
Hail and wind on record here
Rockwall’s verified NOAA record since 2018 includes 2.75 inch hail at Royse City on June 11, 2023, 2.5 inch hail at Chisholm on December 13, 2022, and 1.75 inch hail in Rockwall on April 6, 2018. 17 thunderstorm wind events and 5 tornado reports sit inside the same 10 mile window. Peak hail months here: April and March. Across Rockwall County as a whole, NOAA logged 30 hail events from 2016 through 2025, with hail to 4 inches, plus 9 damaging thunderstorm wind events and 4 tornado reports.
Worth Knowing
Most storm damage to a roof isn’t visible from the ground. A documented inspection captures bruising, lifted shingles, and flashing issues before they turn into leaks.
Local Note
Rockwall sits in Rockwall County, within North Texas. Every service we list is available here and anywhere else in Texas, and The Roof Shepherd team does the work from start to finish.
What the storm record means locally
Storm facts were checked against NOAA and National Weather Service records and local news from the time.
On record
What has actually fallen on Rockwall
The archive counts 141 hail events near Rockwall; the biggest stone was 5.25 inches, on April 11, 2016.
Reading the public storm record
To see the days radar recorded hail near your own address, use our hail history lookup.
| Hail events on record | 141 |
|---|---|
| Reached 1.75 in or larger | 38 |
| Largest stone recorded | 5.25 in · April 11, 2016 |
| Busiest year | 2026 · 16 events |
| Most common months | April and May |
| Strongest gust in the archive | 86 mph · March 29, 2017 |
| Radar hail days, 1 in or larger | 235 days · 2000-2026 · largest signature 3.75 in |
| Preliminary reports, last 12 months | 5 reports of 1 in or larger · largest 2.00 in on April 27, 2026 |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database · Rockwall County · 2000-2026 · within 10 miles of the Rockwall centroid. Counts are reported events, so they undercount: a stone that fell where nobody reported it is not in the record.
Checked November 1, 2026 against two feeds that do not share the archive's bias: radar hail signatures from the NEXRAD hail detection algorithm (NOAA NCEI Severe Weather Data Inventory, same 10 mile radius, 2000-2026), counted as days with a signature of one inch or larger, and the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary reports for the last 12 months, which are unreviewed and never a competing total. A radar day and a reported event are different units and are not expected to match: the archive needs a witness and undercounts, radar needs none and can flag hail that melted before it landed. What fell on one roof is settled by a documented inspection, not by any of these counts.
Year by year
Hail in Rockwall, 2006 to 2025
Twenty seasons of hail of one inch or more near Rockwall, one row each, with the latest year at the top.
Twenty seasons, one row each
One row per year, newest first. Each row counts the hail reports of one inch or larger within ten miles of Rockwall, from the National Weather Service archive. 92 reports from 2006 to 2025, 25 of them at or above 1.75 inches, golf ball size. Counting only stones of one inch or larger, the busiest year in this table was 2023. If you owned your roof through any of these dates, the row is the reason to know what it took.
| Year | Reports 1 in+ | 1.75 in+ | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1.50 in · March 25 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1.25 in · April 8 |
| 2023 | 15 | 6 | 2.75 in · June 11 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2 | 2.50 in · December 13 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1 | 1.75 in · April 23 |
Show all 20 years (2006 to 2025)
| Year | Reports 1 in+ | 1.75 in+ | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · July 5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1.25 in · August 30 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 2.00 in · April 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1.25 in · April 21 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9 | 5.25 in · April 11 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 in · May 10 |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 1.00 in · October 6 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2012 | 9 | 3 | 3.50 in · April 3 |
| 2011 | 9 | 1 | 2.00 in · April 14 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · July 19 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 1.25 in · April 24 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, hail events 2006 through 2025 within 10 miles of the Rockwall centroid. Reports are observer-driven, so a stone that fell where nobody reported it is not in the record, and small towns are undercounted relative to cities. Full calendar years only; the current year is not shown until it is complete.
Hail History
Documented storm exposure in Rockwall
The worst hail seasons near Rockwall from 2006 to 2025, year by year.
Hail Frequency
NOAA storm records log 55 hail events within 10 miles of Rockwall since 2018, 21 of them inside the city’s immediate 6 mile ring. Inside that ring, the largest verified stone measured 2.5 inches on December 13, 2022 at Chisholm. Since 2018, hail here peaks in April and March.
What To Document
Bruised shingles, granule loss, and soft-metal damage to gutters, vents, and flashing, often invisible from the ground.
The worst hail seasons near Rockwall, 2006 to 2025
- 2016: 9 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 5.25 inches on April 11
- 2023: 6 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 2.75 inches on June 11
- 2018: 3 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 2 inches on April 6
Neighborhood Exposure
Neighborhoods across Rockwall differ in lot elevation, tree cover and roof age. A record of your block beats an estimate for the whole area. After any significant storm, a documented record of visible conditions protects your position.
Verified Storm Record
Verified hail and wind events across the Dallas and Fort Worth metroplex, the region Rockwall sits in. Roof condition changes with every storm season, which is why the homeowner should own the documentation.
June 11 hen egg size hail
NOAA verifies 2 inch hail in Rockwall on June 11, 2023, a hen egg size stone.
April 6 golf ball size hail
NOAA verifies 1.75 inch hail in Rockwall on April 6, 2018, a golf ball size stone.
April 3 teacup size hail
NOAA verifies 3.5 inch hail at Forney on April 3, 2012, a teacup size stone.
May 4 baseball size hail
NOAA verifies 2.75 inch hail in Rockwall on May 4, 2000, a baseball size stone.
Where these figures come from
Figures drawn from public NOAA, National Weather Service, Insurance Council of Texas, U.S. Census and Texas Department of Insurance records and contemporaneous reporting. Not a formal risk assessment.
Live NOAA record Since September 2024, NOAA has logged 18 hail reports within 10 miles of Rockwall, 9 of them inside 6 miles. The largest measured 2 inches on April 27, 2026, about 7.2 miles away. Damaging wind has been reported 2 times in the same period, most recently 60 mph on June 8, 2025. These are NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary reports covering September 30, 2024 to October 29, 2026. A report near a property confirms hail fell nearby. It does not confirm that any particular roof was damaged, and it is not a coverage determination.
About Rockwall
Local ground truth for Rockwall properties
Rockwall sits in Rockwall County in North Texas, home to roughly 53,547 residents (Census Bureau estimate, 2024). NOAA storm records log 55 hail events within ten miles since 2018. The largest stone in the full NOAA archive, 2000 to 2026, measured 5.25″ on April 11, 2016.
Roof age, by the census
How old the roofs in Rockwall are likely to be
When Rockwall houses went up, per the Census, and so roughly when their original roofs were put on.
When the houses went up
Rockwall has 18,865 housing units in the Census Bureau's latest five-year estimate. The median home was built in 2003. 40 percent were built before 2000 and 24 percent before 1990; 25 percent have been built since 2010. A mixed stock. Roughly 40 in 100 homes carry a roof that could be original to a pre-2000 build, while 25 in 100 were built since 2010 and are on a first roof. Roof age is the first thing an inspection establishes, because the two groups have different questions.
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 2020 or later | 869 | 5% |
| Built 2010 to 2019 | 3,923 | 21% |
| Built 2000 to 2009 | 6,515 | 35% |
| Built 1990 to 1999 | 2,964 | 16% |
| Built 1980 to 1989 | 3,011 | 16% |
Show all ten brackets (1939 or earlier to 2020 or later)
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 1970 to 1979 | 1,172 | 6% |
| Built 1960 to 1969 | 180 | 1% |
| Built 1950 to 1959 | 80 | 0% |
| Built 1940 to 1949 | 55 | 0% |
| Built 1939 or earlier | 96 | 1% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates, tables B25034 and B25035, Rockwall city. ACS figures are estimates with published margins of error; shares are rounded to whole percents. Year built is the structure, not the roof: it says when the first roof went on, not whether it is still there.
Roofer Near Rockwall
Everything we cover in Rockwall
All the work we do, in Rockwall and in all of Rockwall County.
What we cover in Rockwall
Roofing, painting, gutters and home services, in Rockwall and across Rockwall County. Rockwall, in Rockwall County, is about 202 miles and 3 hours 39 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
Services available in Rockwall
Every service below is available to Rockwall homeowners, as it is anywhere in Texas.
All services
Documentation First
Full property capability in Rockwall, documented first
Documentation You Own
Every visit produces a dated photo and video record of your roof, flashing, decking lines and gutters. You get a written account of what is visible, and your options, before you decide on any repair or claim.
Evidence, Not Pressure
Built on a law enforcement background of 16+ years. You get the record and a clear explanation. The decisions stay yours. No sales pitch, no obligation.
Coordinated & Accountable
In the Dallas and Fort Worth area, The Roof Shepherd team does the roofing work, so the standard stays the same.
Dallas Zone
How service works in Rockwall
How far Rockwall is from our base, and who handles your project from start to finish.
Who runs the inspection
Rockwall, in Rockwall County, is about 202 miles and 3 hours 39 minutes by road from our Round Rock base. David Rodrigues, the founder, looks at your Rockwall roof and writes down what he sees before anyone talks repair or replacement. If you go ahead, The Roof Shepherd runs the job from contract to walkthrough. Our project delivery page explains who does what.
Local Conditions
What is different about working on Rockwall homes
Rockwall side by side with its three nearest neighbors on this site.
What roofs face in this market
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Fate 28, Rowlett 49 and Sachse 69 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 38 for Rockwall. Of the other cities on this site, 78 percent have older homes than Rockwall.
| City | Hail 1.75 in+, biggest stone |
|---|---|
| Rockwall | 38, 5.25 in |
| Fate (4 mi) | 28, 4 in |
| Rowlett (6 mi) | 49, 5.25 in |
| Sachse (9 mi) | 69, 5.25 in |
Severe hail: reports of 1.75 inches or larger, 2000 to 2026, within ten miles of each city center (NOAA NCEI Storm Events). Miles are straight-line between city centers.
The largest hail recorded near Rockwall, by date:
| Date | Largest stone |
|---|---|
| April 11, 2016 | 5.25″ |
| April 3, 2012 | 3.5″ |
Useful locally: City of Rockwall official site for permit and inspection rules; NWS forecast for Rockwall before scheduling work.
Storm figures: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events within a 10 mile radius, 2000 to 2026. Windstorm territory per Texas Windstorm Insurance Association county designations.
The rules here
Roof permits and code in Rockwall
What the city's own documents say about a re-roof permit and code here, and the date they were read.
What the city's own documents say
Rockwall's adopted residential code exempts shingle replacement of up to 25 percent of a roof area from permits. Larger roof replacements are not exempt.
Rockwall adopted the 2021 International Residential Code, most recently by Ordinance 23-24 on April 17, 2023.
Read at the city's own pages and code on October 14, 2026. The city's current document governs if it changes, so we confirm the rule for your address before work starts. Our permits and codes by city page explains how Texas cities set these rules.
Exterior & Painting
What Rockwall homeowners should know about exterior work
Have the roof documented before exterior work, since fascia rot, loose gutters and trim damage often show up.
Managed by The Roof Shepherd
Exterior work in Rockwall, from painting and epoxy coatings to siding, drywall, gutters and wood repair, is done here the same way it is done everywhere we work in Texas, by The Roof Shepherd team, start to finish. We document exterior condition during the roof visit so the work starts from an accurate record.
Sequence Matters
Get the roof documented first. Exterior work comes after. A roof visit often turns up fascia rot, pulled gutters and trim damage that change what the exterior job costs before any work begins.
Google Reviews
Homeowner Reviews
I happened to stumble across David while out walking my dogs and I am so glad I did! Godley had just been hit with a hail storm and needed someone to take a look at my roof to check for damage. David came the very next day to inspect. He showed me pictures of the damage and answered any questions I had. Thankfully the damage was not extensive that a roof replacement was needed but if indeed a replacement was needed I would’ve felt at ease with David completing the process. I especially liked his professionalism and knowledge. Should I ever need anyone for roofing services I will definitely be calling him!
Owner Response
Thank you, Dominique, for trusting The Roof Shepherd with your roof inspection after the hailstorm in Godley, Texas. I appreciate your kind words and am glad I could provide a thorough inspection and clearly explain what I found.
I also really enjoyed meeting your puppy during the visit. That was definitely a highlight of my day. If you ever have questions about your roof or need help after another storm, I will be glad to assist.
Dave was great — he went above and beyond what any company would do. There were major issues with my insurance company, and he was there every step of the way helping me get things done. Dave and his crew were great — they made sure my motorcycle was covered up properly during the work, and they cleaned up beautifully when they were done.
Owner Response
Thank you so much for this review and for trusting me and the crew with your home. I know this project had some difficult moments, especially with the insurance side of the process, and I’m grateful I was able to help with documentation, communication, and support along the way. It also means a lot that you noticed the care the crew took around your property and the cleanup after the roof was completed, because protecting the property matters just as much as the roof itself. I truly appreciate your kind words and your trust.
David was an absolute pleasure to work with. He showed up right on time for the quote on our repairs and made the whole process smooth and stress-free. Great communicator, clear explanations, and genuinely easy to deal with from start to finish. If you’re looking for someone reliable who actually cares about doing things right, David is your guy. Highly recommend.
Owner Response
Thank you for the thoughtful review. It was a pleasure meeting with you in Georgetown, Texas, and helping you review the roof repair options for your home. I really appreciate you mentioning the communication, timing, and clear explanations. Even when a homeowner decides to go a different direction, my goal is still the same: show up on time, explain the roof concerns clearly, provide a straightforward repair quote, and help you make a confident decision. Thank you again for the kind words and recommendation.
Nearby
Nearby areas we serve
Nearby cities we also serve
The Roof Shepherd also documents and serves these Dallas and Fort Worth area communities. Distances are straight-line miles from the center of Rockwall, and each hail figure is the count of NOAA-verified hail events within 10 miles of that city since 2018:
Field Videos
From the field near Rockwall
Real inspections and real conditions, documented, from Rockwall and the DFW metro around it.
Field videos from real roofs, each with a short note on what the inspection or the work showed.
DFW Hail Just Hit Your Roof
Hail damage across the DFW metro, like anywhere in Texas, is often not obvious right away; what to look for and why early documentation matters.
Watch on YouTubeReal Hailstorm Damage in Dallas, Texas
Documented hail damage across multiple Dallas and Fort Worth homes, including shattered solar panels, after roughly 2.5 inch hail.
Watch on YouTubeRockwall FAQs
Common questions in Rockwall
Does The Roof Shepherd serve Rockwall regularly?
Yes. Rockwall is about 202 miles and 3 hours 39 minutes by road from Round Rock, our home base. We work across Texas, and Rockwall County is part of that.
How often does large hail hit Rockwall?
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 38 times within ten miles of Rockwall from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 61st of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 50th of 85 in the Dallas and Fort Worth corridor. The largest stone on record within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 measured 5.25 inches, on April 11, 2016.
When is hail season in Rockwall?
From 2000 to 2026, hail within ten miles of Rockwall came most often in April and May. The busiest single year in that record was 2023, with 15 reports of every size.
What was the worst recent hail year in Rockwall?
2016 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 9 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 5.25 inches on April 11. The table on this page lists every year.
How does Rockwall compare with nearby towns for hail?
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Fate 28, Rowlett 49 and Sachse 69 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 38 for Rockwall.
How old are the homes in Rockwall?
The median home in Rockwall was built in 2003, and 24 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 78 percent have older homes than Rockwall.
What is the strongest wind on record near Rockwall?
The strongest thunderstorm wind gust reported within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 was 86 mph, on March 29, 2017.
How much does a new roof cost in Rockwall?
It depends on the roof’s size, pitch, material, decking and vents. We look at your roof in Rockwall first, so any price you weigh fits its real condition. Our price guides for all four trades are on the RPGs page.
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